Google executive’s brother accused of domestic attack

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Mayer Mason allegedly told his girlfriend he wouldn't stop hitting her unless she jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.

The younger brother of top Google executive Marissa Mayer is accused of three felonies — assault, false imprisonment and domestic violence — after allegedly beating his girlfriend after a San Francisco social event last fall, authorities said Friday.

Mason Mayer, 33, is accused of shoving girlfriend Kelly Ann Trent, 30, onto his bedroom floor, pulling her hair, spitting on her, pulling off her eyelashes, slamming her head on the ground and repeatedly punching her as she lay huddled in the fetal position, according to a police affidavit.

Trent sustained a black and bloodied eye and bruises and cuts on her arms and hands, the affidavit said, and she told police that Mayer didn’t stop until a friend interrupted him. Mayer allegedly told Trent that “the only way she was going to get out of this is if he drove her to the Golden Gate Bridge and she jumped off.”

The incident — first reported by the San Francisco Appeal — took place on Sept. 24, after a party at Mint Plaza. Trent told domestic violence inspector Michael Becker that Mayer, who had been drinking, accused a bartender at the party of trying to pick her up, then got mad at Trent for talking to his sister’s husband — who he dislikes.

The assault began back at Mayer’s home, in his locked bedroom, Trent said. She said it was interrupted when a friend rang the doorbell, having left some personal items and his keys at the apartment. Trent said that when Mayer opened the door, she ran out, asking for help.

Trent said Mayer asked the friend not to call police, and she said she did not initially want to report the incident either. She said Mayer took her back to the bedroom and locked the door, and that she passed out — possibly from a concussion. She said the friend slept on the couch, which made her feel safer.

Trent eventually went to police, and Mayer was arrested Nov. 28. He has pleaded not guilty, and a judge has ordered him to stay away from Trent. Stephanie Ong Stillman, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco district attorney’s office, said that if Mayer is found guilty, he faces a maximum of four years and eight months in state prison.